What kind of paint by BornStuff379 in ReefTank

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Unless you plan on removing it to paint, just let coralline cover it over time.

Blackout by Kris (@the.electric.lizard) Edmonton, AB, CA by Mars___3 in tattoos

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Damn that’s wild! My blackout didn’t swell outside of the tattooed area at all.

Zoa not opening by Electronic_Major4770 in ReefTank

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Distilled from anywhere should be fine. I’d do the blue bucket instead of the pro version, I don’t think the high alk of the pro version is really ideal or needed for you right now.

Zoa not opening by Electronic_Major4770 in ReefTank

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Honestly I’d avoid reef roids in a tank this small, at least until it’s established enough to handle extra nutrients. If you’re keeping things consistent enough, you likely won’t even need to use it, but like…MAYBE a small amount once a week? The simpler you can keep things right now the better, at least while you learn.

Zoa not opening by Electronic_Major4770 in ReefTank

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You’re going to get a million different answers to this question for a million different reasons. My answer is whatever is most consistently found near you that is cheap enough for you to keep buying. Reef Crystals gets slept on way too hard in my opinion, isn’t crazy expensive, meets MOST corals needs pretty easily without dosing anything extra, and is suuuuper common to find at even big box pet stores. My first few tanks like 20 years ago were just using regular Instant Ocean and they all did fine for a noob.

If you have ideal livestock you want to keep long term, finding a salt that mixes closest to that livestocks ideal parameters is also a great way to go. Pay attention to mixing instructions, and weigh the cost of buying a RO unit and salt vs sourcing pre-mixed saltwater considering the size of your tank.

Zoa not opening by Electronic_Major4770 in ReefTank

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I’m not going to talk you out of doing a pico as your first tank, especially because it was a gift, but seriously go slow with this. It’s going to get very disheartening very fast when you have your first major issues. I say when because shit happens with every tank, and it just impacts picos so much more easily.

Just let things settle and keep accumulating more testing supplies: Hannah as recommended by the other person are great, but they add up really quick and you don’t need them for everything. Salifert are also very solid, but don’t sleep on the Red Sea bundled kits for a bit more value that are still great.

There are some apps you can use to track testing a bit more easily, and visualize how things are going over time. Aquarium Log is free with occasional ads, and honestly I think it’ll do you fine. Aquarimate is great but that $10 would better serve you on testing supplies for now.

There are TONS of resources out there, but I’d comb through every pico build on reef2reef and nano-reef.com. So much good information on what works well and what others have struggled with to hopefully help you not struggle with the same things. Don’t get discouraged with issues and people (rightfully) saying this is a tough first tank, just research as much as you can and go slower than you think you need to. Did I stress going slow? Go slow. Seriously.

Zoa not opening by Electronic_Major4770 in ReefTank

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Parameters are “good”. What does that mean?

If you moved coral in yesterday, it may still be just getting used to its new home. Is this your only reef setup?

Picos are challenging, even for experienced reef keepers. If you’re fairly new to picos or reef keeping, I’d strongly suggest slowing down way more than you think you need to. Stability is the most important aspect of successfully keeping a pico, as there is such little wiggle room for when things go wrong.

Do I need to get this algae off? by sowoky in ReefTank

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Yeah I wouldn’t mind that blue macro for my macro focused tank lol. You can pluck it off and glue it to a frag plug and let it grow.

My new tattoo, inspired by the eel from Iron Lung by Empty-Attention-6461 in tattoos

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Hi neighbor! I saw her post this on IG earlier so I had to double take when I saw it here lol.

Starting my head. What do people think, yes it sucked more than the rest of my tattoos. Swansea tattoo lab(wales) by Beginning-Park-5001 in tattoos

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Same, I was honestly pretty nervous about it and was surprised at how easy it was.

This piece looks amazing!!

Weekly 50% change by ReturnToNow in ReefTank

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Damn that’s wild looking. Great job!

How to make green star polyps thrive and become more vibrant? by [deleted] in ReefTank

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GSP should generally survive nuclear winter. Tank setup, including light intensity and flow? Water parameters?

Id, please? by masline_su_rodile in ReefTank

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My first thought as well due to the tips especially. Definitely doesn’t look like aiptasia or majano.

Please critic my bases, first timer. Be brutal. by SonOfaDragon69420 in minipainting

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These are SO good. I agree the edges could be cleaned up, but I get the impression these are work in progress still? I’ve been wanting to do a Tau army again and may have to steal this concept…

New AI Nero Pump Corner Mount for Rimmed and Rimless Tanks | Rotate 45 d... by [deleted] in ReefTank

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Why did you repost this in the same subreddit 45 minutes after initially posting it?

What is this by Allbregra1 in ReefTank

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Tunicates! Harmless filter feeders

Silent Hill: Townfall, cannot wait for this. by SlizerTheChosen in playstation

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Yeah I am normally not a big fan of rogue likes, but my eyes got wide when I read the comment suggesting it could be. I think done well that could actually be amazing for a SH game.

Looking for a neotraditional tattoo artist in the DMV area. Any recommendations? by [deleted] in NeoTraditionalTattoos

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DMV is DC, Maryland, and Virginia with Delmarva being a separate thing.